Life Skills for Kids Verified listing

The Life Skills Programs are specialised resilience programs for children aged 6 to 12 years, facilitated by experienced registered clinical psychologists, and have been running since 2002.

The program has 3 core social and emotional skill developmental targets which include:

i) Emotional management skills - identifying and understanding feelings, coping strategies, cognitive flexibility (helpful and kind self-talk)

ii) Relationship and connecting skills - self-regulation, reading and following social cues, joining in; keeping friends; perspective taking skills; managing conflict with assertiveness and negotiation

iii) Building self-concept & self-confidence - valuing & noticing strengths, self-compassion

The program is informed by decades of rigorous relational science that has been tested across cultures, specifically in the areas of the neurobiology of attachment science, developmental psychology and resilience research.

We offer:

• Comprehensive 6-week social and emotional skills programs for year 1-7
• Kids workshops including "Transition to High School"
• Parent seminars
• School workshops and programs to address the needs of students with identified social and emotional issues.